Focusing on the S&P500 index and its constituents, this data visualization
project provide insight of the stock market performance during the initial
period of the COVID-19 outbreak (init data point set to February 2, 2020)
The project narrative contain two segments;
The S&P500 is a stock market index comprised of the 500 largest companies that are
listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The charts on this website represent
performance data of the index (total value of all companies in the S&P500), as well
as performance data of particular industries, sub-industries, and individual companies
This initial chart show the daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 for three geographical
regions; China ("daily_covid_china"), United States ("daily_covid_us"), and all other
countries ("daily_covid_world"). The area chart is accompanied by a bar chart which
provides a better understanding of how the number of cases are distributed by share.
The market begins to plunge as COVID-19 gains global traction,
as seen below with S&P500 index added to the previous graph
Project owner:
Erik Hannell
M.Sc. Data Analytics & Visualization
B.Sc. Business & Finance